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East Oregonian
PEANUTS
COFFEE BREAK
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Afternoon delight ends
when wife stops to take a call
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
Dear Abby: My wife and I have
and quitting is too hard, even though
been married for many years, work
he refuses to get help to stop.
long schedules, and actually sleep
Am I being overly sensitive to
when we go to bed at night. Saturday
think he should stop smoking? I
afternoon, we had “nothin’ to do,”
don’t think he is being fair to our
so I suggested some hanky-panky.
children because of the potential of
We were just getting into it when the
them having to watch another parent
phone rang.
receive the same diagnosis. — Needs
I told her to let it go to voicemail,
Moral Support
Jeanne
but when our married daughter’s Phillips
Dear Needs: You are not “overly
name was caller-ID-announced, she
sensitive.”
People have been known
Advice
said she had to take the call because
to get cancer from secondhand smoke.
they had been playing phone tag all
Face it, you are married to an addict.
day. There was no important matter, just idle Not only is he being unfair to the children, he
chit-chat. What a mood killer!
is being unfair to you and himself. Because
Am I wrong to be angry that my needs he’s unwilling to even try to quit, my advice
were ignored so my wife could say, “Hello, is to insist that he do it outside and away from
how are you?” to our daughter (who calls you.
Dear Abby: A few days ago, my daughter
eight times a day anyway)? — Thwarted In
Michigan
had a sleepover at a friend’s house, and the
Dear Thwarted: Wrong? I don’t think girl’s dad broke my daughter’s eyeglasses
so. I think it’s time to calmly ask your wife by accidentally stepping on them. He said he
WHY she prioritized taking that call over the would pay for them. In the meantime, I glued
opportunity to be intimate with you.
them together.
P.S. The next time you’re in “H-P” mode,
Fast forward to two days later, and our dog
put both of your phones on “do not disturb.”
finished the job and broke the side that was
Dear Abby: I was diagnosed with lung still OK. Is the dad still responsible for paying
cancer last year. After months of chemo, I had or is he not, since my dog used the glasses as
surgery and my lung was removed. Fifteen his chew toy? — Blind As Bats In Florida
months after my diagnosis, my husband is
Dear Blind As Bats: The man who
still smoking cigarettes.
stepped on your daughter’s glasses should
I feel so hurt and alone going through this. pay to replace them as promised, and in the
I thought he would have stopped smoking for future, when those glasses are not on your
his own health as well as moral support to me. daughter’s nose, they should be safely stored
He says I don’t have the right to change him in their case and in a secure location!
DAYS GONE BY
BEETLE BAILEY
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY MORT WALKER
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 16-17, 1917
Pendleton is today at the halfway station
on the road to her full share of the second
Liberty Loan. Of the $1,250,000 apportioned
Umatilla county, local bankers figure that it
is up to Pendleton to subscribe $700,000,
leaving $550,000 for the remainder of the
county. This afternoon the total subscriptions
made through the two local banks was
almost to the $350,000 mark. The heaviest
individual subscriber of the day was Julius A.
Guderain, well known Birch creek rancher.
He came into the First National Bank and
wrote out his check for $10,000. “The time
has come for every man to show his colors
and take a stand in his county,” he said, and
his statement is fraught with more than usual
significance because he came to this country
from Germany.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 16-17, 1967
Many Condon businesses remained open
all night when the usual invasion of hunters
passed through the town. While no fatalities
occurred here the opening week, there were
several accidents. The first occurred at 12:30
a.m. Saturday when Gary Wilson, 20, Port-
land, shot himself in the left foot with a pistol
near Gwendolen. At 5 a.m. Saturday, Gilbert
Hunt, Portland, failed to make a curve on the
Lonerock highway, 10 miles east of Condon
and went over an embankment. Saturday
afternoon Bob Eastman, The Dalles, received
first aid after stabbing himself between
the eyes while dressing out a four-point
buck. And Tuesday morning Leon Gress,
18, Gresham, was treated in Condon after
accidentally shooting himself in the right foot
with a 30/30 rifle.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
Oct. 16-17, 1992
Richard Courson, although not properly
elected in 1986, legally holds the office of
District Court Judge and his decisions are
binding, according to a legal opinion issued
this week by a La Grande judge. The issue
of Courson’s legality arose last spring when
Dennis Hachler, the defense attorney for
Jody Butterfield, a Stanfield man accused of
murder, challenged the validity of the 1986
election and asked the Umatilla County
Circuit Court to dismiss charges of aggravated
murder against his client. Hachler argued that
Courson was not legally elected and therefore
should not have been allowed to preside over
Butterfield’s preliminary hearing, which
found that he was culpable and should stand
trial. Hachler filed a motion in the criminal
case, but later made his claim as a civil matter,
charging Courson with usurpation of office.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
DILBERT
THE WIZARD OF ID
LUANN
ZITS
BY SCOTT ADAMS
BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART
BY GREG EVANS
BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN
Today is the 290th day of
2017. There are 75 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Oct. 17, 1931, mobster
Al Capone was convicted
in Chicago of income tax
evasion. (Sentenced to 11
years in prison, Capone was
released in 1939.)
On this date:
In 1610, French King
Louis XIII, age nine, was
crowned at Reims, five
months after the assassina-
tion of his father, Henry IV.
In 1777, British forces
under Gen. John Burgoyne
surrendered to American
troops in Saratoga, New
York, in a turning point of
the Revolutionary War.
In 1807, Britain declared
it would continue to reclaim
British-born sailors from
American ships and ports
regardless of whether they
held U.S. citizenship.
In 1919, Radio Corp. of
America was chartered.
In 1933, Albert Einstein
arrived in the United States
as a refugee from Nazi
Germany.
In 1941, the U.S.
destroyer
Kearny
was
damaged by a German
torpedo off the coast of
Iceland; 11 people died.
In 1957, the movie
“Jailhouse Rock,” starring
Elvis Presley, had its world
premiere in Memphis,
Tennessee.
In 1967, Puyi, the last
emperor of China, died in
Beijing at age 61.
In 1979, Mother Teresa
of India was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1989, an earthquake
measuring 7.1 on the Richter
scale struck northern Cali-
fornia, killing 63 people and
causing $6 billion worth of
damage.
In
1992,
Japanese
exchange student Yoshi
Hattori was fatally shot by
Rodney Peairs in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, after
Hattori and his American
host mistakenly knocked on
Peairs’ door while looking
for a Halloween party.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Marsha Hunt is 100.
Actress Julie Adams is 91.
Country singer Earl Thomas
Conley is 76. Singer Jim
Seals (Seals & Crofts) is 75.
Singer Gary Puckett is 75.
Actor Michael McKean is
70. Actress Margot Kidder
is 69. Actor George Wendt is
69. Actor-singer Bill Hudson
is 68. Astronaut Mae Jemison
is 61. Country singer Alan
Jackson is 59. Movie critic
Richard Roeper is 58. Movie
director Rob Marshall is 57.
Actor Grant Shaud is 57.
Animator Mike Judge is 55.
Rock singer-musician Fred
LeBlanc (Cowboy Mouth)
is 54. Actor-comedian Norm
Macdonald is 54. Reggae
singer Ziggy Marley is 49.
Singer Chris Kirkpatrick (‘N
Sync) is 46. Rapper Eminem
is 45.
Thought for Today: “To
talk to a child, to fascinate
him, is much more difficult
than to win an electoral
victory. But it is also more
rewarding.” — Colette,
French author (1873-1954).
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
BY DANA SIMPSON
BIG NATE
BY LINCOLN PEIRCE